The result was striking and iconic
Participants collected and returned used cigarette butts, which were counted to determine the number of cigarettes smoked per day
As the majority of tobacco was processed into cigarettes, this production supply cigarette market in China
According to Walter Ricciardi, special commissioner at Italys Higher Institute of Health, and co-author of the study, electronic cigarettes are only a viable alternative for former smokers, to help keep them from relapsing
Because hookah smoking is typically done in groups, passing the same mouthpiece from person to person in the group, there are special concerns related to hookah use, including the risk of transmitting tuberculosis, herpes, and/or hepatitis and other infectious diseases